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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

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California's Minimum Wage Might Be Nation's Highest

Comments (0) | AB10, assembly bill 10, California, Los Angeles, los angeles economy, minimum wage, poverty line, wage

Fast-food workers last month protested the minimum wage across the nation, calling it "too damn low." (Creative Commons)

America Hernandez
Staff Reporter

Assembly Bill 10 might offset payroll tax, if not your grocery bill.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Rail Yard Gets Green Light By L.A. Harbor Commission

Comments (0) | 710 freeway, air pollution, BNSF, construction, east yard communities for environmental justice, Environment, environmental justice, green technology, helmets to hardhats, jobs, L.A. Harbor Commission, local union 11, Long Beach, Los Angeles and Region, los angeles economy, los angeles jobs, pollution, Port of Los Angeles, veterans

Los Angeles electrician union members (Photo: Paige Brettingen)

Paige Brettingen
Managing Editor

Though the project promises jobs, residents raise concerns over how it will impact their health.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Where Did Los Angeles' Day Laborers Come From?

Comments (2) | art zepeda, carcen day labor program, carlos vareli, city of los angeles, construction, day labor research institute, downtown community jobs center, economic downturn, Faces of L.A.’s Jobless: A Neon Tommy Special Report, home dept, LA, Los Angeles, los angeles day labor, los angeles day laborers, los angeles economy, los angeles jobs, los angeles recovery, lynn svensson, michael kembe, mike kembe, oscar chavez, real estate, recession

Paresh Dave
Editor-In-Chief

Michael Kembe can't even find a job washing dishes. Oscar Chavez has too much pride to return home to Mexico.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Illusions Of The American Dream Remain For Day Laborers

Comments (1) | art zepeda, carcen day labor program, carlos vareli, city of los angeles, construction, day labor research institute, downtown community jobs center, economic downturn, Faces of L.A.’s Jobless: A Neon Tommy Special Report, home dept, LA, Los Angeles, los angeles day labor, los angeles day laborers, los angeles economy, los angeles jobs, los angeles recovery, lynn svensson, real estate, recession

Dan Watson
Editor-In-Chief

Experts say L.A.'s thousands of day laborers will be the last to feel recovery.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Three Years After The Bust, Architecture Industry Continues To Drag

Comments (2) | architecture, british columbia, Chantal Aquin, Faces of L.A.’s Jobless: A Neon Tommy Special Report, gensler, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, los angeles economy, san diego, Vancouver, wilshire grand hotel wilshire golf course

Tom Dotan
Editor-at-Large

It has been the worst era in the design and construction industry since the Great Depression.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Faces of L.A.’s Jobless: A Neon Tommy Special Report

Comments (36) | Faces of L.A.’s Jobless, jobs, l.a., la jobs, Local, Los Angeles and Region, los angeles economy, los angeles unemployment, unemployment

Special Projects Team

From high youth unemployment to a hibernating construction industry, life isn't easy in Los Angeles for hundreds of thousands.

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